DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement With Inver Grove Heights And Eagan For Construction Of County State Aid Highway 26 And 63, County Projects 26-54 And 63-27
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WHEREAS, Dakota County (County) is constructing County Project 26-54 and County Project 63-27 in the City of Inver Grove Heights and City of Eagan (Cities); and
WHEREAS, to provide a safe and efficient transportation system, the County and the Cities are proceeding with County Project 26-54 and County Project 63-27; and
WHEREAS, County Project 26-54 will expand approximately two miles of County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 26 (Lone Oak Road in Eagan, 70th Street in Inver Grove Heights) from Trunk Highway (TH) 55 to TH 3 from an existing two-lane roadway rural section to a four-lane divided urban roadway; and
WHEREAS, County Project 63-27 will construct on a new alignment CSAH 63 (Argenta Trail) from CSAH 28 (Amana Trail) north to 65th Street and from 65th Street to old Argenta Trail (CSAH 63) to the north of CSAH 26; and
WHEREAS, the purpose and need for the project is to improve safety, multi-modal mobility, and traffic operations on CSAH 26 and CSAH 63 and provide additional capacity on CSAH 26; and
WHEREAS, to address the purpose and need for this Project, safety will be improved along the corridor by managing the number of conflict points (access management), adding turn lanes, realigning intersections to improve spacing, providing paved shoulders, and adding multi-use trails to both sides of the road; and
WHEREAS, on August 3, 2021, Dakota County awarded the bid and executed a contract with S.M. Hentges & Sons Inc. for $24,776,465.25; and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the City of Inver Grove Heights received $6,100,000 in Local Roads Improvement Program (LRIP) State of Minnesota bonding grant for their cost share of County Projects 26-54 and 63-27; and
WHEREAS, the City of Inver Grove Heights’s remaining project costs beyond the $6,100,000 LRIP funds for final design, right of way acquisition, construction, and construction administration will be based on total project costs calculated in accordance with County cost-sharing policies in the current adopted Dakota County Transportation Plan; and
WHEREAS, the state bond funds are estimated to cover 100 percent of Inver Grove Heights’s eligible final design, right of way, and construction costs up to the $6,100,000 maximum; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation manages state bond funds on behalf of local agencies through its LRIP and will act as the County’s agent to receive and disperse the state bond funds for the construction of CP 26-54 and 63-27; and
WHEREAS, the joint powers agreement also defines roles and responsibilities for project cost updates, amendments, change orders and supplemental agreements, project acceptance, and indemnifications; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends execution of a joint powers agreement with the Cities for the construction of County Projects 26-54 and 63-27.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Physical Development Director to execute a joint powers agreement with the City of Inver Grove Heights and City of Eagan for the construction of County Projects 26-54 and 63-27 in accordance with adopted County policy, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form.
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